"Some grew up functionally bilingual, while others had to learn English from scratch. All overcame linguistic, cultural, and a variety of other hurdles to translate their acts for an English…
"The US's most prestigious awards for romance writing, the Ritas, have been cancelled after a host of judges and entrants pulled out over an ongoing racism row involving the industry's large…
Under Assembly Bill 5, "Uber and Lyft drivers, musicians, dancers, singers, artists of all kinds, freelance journalists, etc., under contract now will have to be employed, rather than paid a…
Gina Gibney's ever-expanding organization already operates two buildings (which include five theaters, 23 studios, a conference room and a media lab), a six-member dance company, and several…
Byron Stripling, the former lead trumpet of the Count Basie Orchestra, "has conducted the [PSO] as a guest and will make his debut as principal [pops] conductor in October. This is only the …
"The plan, the American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund " which covers more than 50,000 people, including Broadway musicians, players in some orchestras, and freelance mu…
Her memoir, published in 1994, when she was 27, "established her as one of the most provocative writers of her generation, generating awe among readers who saw in her work an honest depictio…
"[Clive] Davis has more than thirty years of journalism experience, and was a regular freelance writer for The Times and The Sunday Times covering music, radio, theatre, comedy, and contribu…
It was disheartening to realize that almost all of the statements issued yesterday by museums and their professional organizations "condemn[ing] the targeting of cultural sites for destructi…
"This genre is called solarpunk. It attempts to radically reimagine the future, with technological solutions to environmental problems " think green cities, solar planes, recycle artists, bi…
"Paris Opera has lost more than 12 million euros ($13.3 million) in a month-long strike by ballet dancers fighting to cling onto pension rights that date back to [King] Louis XIV. … While …
"Even in her lifetime, she was both adored and reviled. Was she an artist stunted by society's restrictions on women who channeled her genius to become the inspiration for the men she consor…
"Native Americans whose ancestors suffered at the hands of 17th-century European settlers and adventurers are hoping commemorative events marking the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's jou…
"The Duolingo course [in Scots Gaelic], which was launched just before St. Andrew's Day on 30 November and looks likely to be the company's fastest-growing course ever, has garnered more tha…
What's more, he triumphed, and in a production that ran for at least a year longer than anyone expected. The actor is Steven Skybell, who talks with Laura Collins-Hughes about playing Tevye …
"Tashkent's metro system is so much more than just a means of transportation. Over the decades of its existence, the design and names of the metro's 29 ornate stations have changed to reflec…
"Until the early 17th century, learning to draw meant entering an artist's workshop " often as a child " copying the master's sketches and drawing from plaster casts and live models. Student…
"On one side is Underbelly, the London events company which claims to have taken Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations to another level. It is backed by a city council which has gleefully watche…
"The controversial practice of 'brownface' in Indian cinema, where actors with lighter skin wear brown makeup to play certain roles " often reinforcing negative stereotypes " has been attrac…
"On Dec. 20, as Cats opened in theaters domestically, Universal made an unprecedented decision to send exhibitors a new version of the film with 'some improved visual effects.' By then, howe…
No picture this time because food was so bad. The kitchen, which prepared the takeaway in front of me, tried hard and worked like crazy, getting it hot and out. " Jeff Weinstein
During the cultural Cold War, President John F. Kennedy delivered eloquent speeches claiming that only "free societies" fostered great creative art. But no one scanning centuries of Western …
Lawrence Ware: "I'd argue that the 2010s were the most important decade for black film in America. We see dramas (12 Years a Slave), comedies (Girls Trip), horror (Get Out, Us) and documenta…
"Founded by Joseph in 1994, the Foundry, which produced artistic offerings, community programs and activist conferences on issues ranging from genocide to economic inequality, created a mode…
"Inequality in the arts is holistic. It exists at individual, interpersonal, and institutional levels. Grantmakers who are committed to seeing the arts thrive as an inclusive multiracial- an…